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"We're not forming PMOs for the sake of forming PMOs. It's about helping organizations deliver initiatives or change in a way that's aligned with strategy," said PMI president and CEO Mark A. Langley during a panel discussion at PMO Symposium 2013.

And organizations could certainly use the help. While PMI research shows that 88 percent of organizations say strategy implementation is important, less than half say they're good at it. "There's a major disconnect happening in organizations," noted Mr. Langley.

That's where PMOs have a role to play. "All strategic change within an organization happens through projects and programs, so our job is to connect what we do to strategy," said Mr. Langley.

The need is greater now than ever for PMOs to step into that lead. The exponential acceleration of change today means nimble strategy matters more and more.

Panelist Margo Visitacion of Forrester Research encouraged PMO leaders to translate tactical project elements into the language of the C-suite.

Although the concepts discussed in this article are good but I read this as a marketing and misleading information.

To start with, this article discuss PMOs like there is one type of PMO out there. Ignoring the fact that a large percent of PMO fails or are under perform because they are nothing more than a "reporting" agency.

Yes, if there is a PMO that is respected by executives and can play a strategic role, the PMO can do some of what is marketed here. However, the reality is a different story and it seems like PMI is trying to make the PMO sounds like the PMP = an expert level project manager certification where in reality it is a GOOD foundational certificate!